Machine for pegging boots and shoes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. LANDFEAR, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

MACHINE FOR PEGGING BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,203, dated September 13, 1864.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Beit known that I, WILLIAM 1t. LANDFEAR, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Machine for Begging Boots and Shoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specilcation, in which- Figure 1 is alongitudinal vertical section. Fig. 2 is a front view, and Fig. 3 an invented plan.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, I will proceed to describe its Vconstruction and operation.

A represents a frame or bed, to which the working parts are secured.

B is arevolving shaft fitted in bearings in the frame. To one end of the shaft the crank C is attached.

D represents a plate or slide, which is tted to the frame in such a manner as to allow it to move freely up and down. To this slide are secured the awl a and peg-driver I) or the pegdriver may be attached to a separate slide, in order that it may he driven by a spring, if desired. The slideis connected with the crank C in such a manner as to receive a reciprocating vertical motion therefrom when the crank is rotated. Below the slide and parallel with the shaft B is arranged a feed-roll or hollow sleeve, E, held in position and secured to the frame by the bolt or stud F, which passes through the roll and into the frame, as shown clearly in Fig. l, and which serves as a stationary axis or arbor around which the roll revolves. The position of the roll and stud is such that thehead c of the bolt or stud shall be directly under the awl and peg-driver, so that on the descent of said awl and peg-driver they shall pass through the head of the stud in holes prepared for Vthem immediately forward of the front end of the roll. The roll or sleeve E is grooved or corrugated on its surface for a short distance back from its front end, as shown at d, in order that it may, by its rough or frictionalproperty thus acquired,

serve as a feeder to move the boot or shoe which is to be held in contact therewith.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The sole H ofa boot or shoe is held firmly in contact with the under surface of the feed-roll E by means of a jack or other device. The shaft B being then rotated, the crank C causes the slide D to descend, carrying the awl a through the hole c in the head of the bolt or stud F, and into the sole of the boot or shoe. A hole is thus formed'in the sole for the reception of the peg. By continuing the rotation of the shaft the awl is withdrawn from the sole by the rising of the plate or slide D. After the awl is withdrawn from the sole, the roll E is caused to revolve sufliciently to feed or move the boot or shoe the distance equal to the space required between the pegs, and as the peg-driver b is placed in the line of feeding and at a distance from the awl equal to the distance of feeding the shoe, the hole formed in the sole by the awl is thus brought directly under the peg-driver, so that on the descent of the peg-driver through the hole f in the stud F a peg will be driven into the hole prepared for its reception in the sole, the pegi having been supplied for the purpose by means which it is unnecessary here to describe.

The revolving ofthe feed roll E is effected in any manner which mIy be convenient and practicable. By thus arranging the feed-roll and stud, and causing the peg-driver to pass through the head of the b'olt or stud, I obtain a very simple and efficient mode of feeding the boot or shoe, and am enabled to adapt the bearing of the feed-rollto the sole in very close proximity to the awl and peg.

I am aware that rolls have been used for feeding in peggin g-machines, and do not claim, broadly, a roll.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The employment ofthe feed roll or sleeve E, with the bolt or stud F, in connection with the peg-driver and awl, substantially as and for the purpose described.

WM. R. LANDFEAR.

Witnesses S. L. LANDFEAR, GEORGE A. BODGE. 

